- republic: a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
- patrician: an aristocrat or nobleman
- plebeian: a commoner
- tribune: an official in Ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests
- consul: one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic
- senate: the state council of the ancient roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the power assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights.
- dictator: a chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency
- legion: a unit of 3,000-6,000 men in the ancient roman army.
- punic wars: three wars between Rome and Carthage that led to the undisputed dominance of Rome in the western Mediterranean
- Hannibal: a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded Carthage's main army against Rome during the Second Punic War.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
western civ blog 43
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